A Personal Inequity (Thomas Sowell)

Townhall.com ^ | July 14, 2009 | Thomas Sowell

[jazusamo]

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Thomas Sowell

Recent columns
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[jazusamo]

Please bump the Freepathon and donate if you haven’t done so!

[tet68]

Thomas Sowell, what a gem.
Bump.

[MarkL]

One of the best "real world" descriptions of the "distopian" literary theme, as found in Ira Levin's "This Perfect Day," or Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron," as well as many others.

If you can find it, Sean Astin starred in a rather good made for TV movie of "Harrison Bergeron" which borrowed from many other dystopian stories.

Mark

[rockinqsranch]

Thanks for the ping jaz. I love...sorry, my wife just shouted “ME TOO!”...WE love this guy. Dr. Sowell is the best.

[jazusamo]

Thanks for the heads up, I will do some checking.

[jazusamo]

Bump to you both! :-)

[Bhoy]

The point of Hayek’s The Mirage of Social Justice. The only way all outcomes can be equal is to lower the standards.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

He may have a point about unfairness in basketball. Perhaps there should be a quota for how many short Irish guys they have to have on each team. Maybe Sotomayor could look into the recruitment practices.

[LifeComesFirst]

When Thomas Sowell dies, America’s average IQ will go down a few points.

[Eagles6]

Good man.

[Finny]

What comments can one make about things Sowell writes, other than to praise them? What's so wild about Thomas Sowell is that he is clearly brilliant and wise yet, as this piece illustrates, he has the ability to convey abstract, counter-intuitive philosophical concepts in a manner that any ten-year-old kid could understand, let alone any American sensible enough to read his words. His writings are infinite stores of ammunition in the arsenal of conservatism.

On a short list of conservative thinkers/writers I admire, Sowell ranks the top spot. I've never met the man, yet when I read his words, I feel true love for him.

[trisham]

Great article bump!

[monocle]

Dare I ask? Is his reasoning valid for education?

[rawcatslyentist]

Just think of the wonderful diversity, if the NBA were forced to employ 4’6” Asian women!

[BipolarBob]

Dr. Sowell, Palin 2012. Now that’s the ticket.

[Lost Dutchman]

I would vote T.S. for ANY high office in our Great Nation. Any position he held would be improved for the duration of his term, if not longer when voters experience a True leader.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

If you have that dream today you love Thomas Sowell but you are appalled by the likes of Barak Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, and Eric Holder. Somebody should make a poster using Professor Sowell's portrait photo as the exemplar of the promotion of wisdom and tolerance (that is, of "philosophy," which only means "love of wisdom" when translated from the Greek).

[GOPJ]

I don't know how Sowell can make brilliant insights so easily understandable... It's a gift - a gift greater than basketball even if it doesn't pay as much.